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    Question about the screen latch on a P105

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by afultz075, May 22, 2007.

  1. afultz075

    afultz075 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got a Toshiba P105-S9337 about a month ago and am relatively happy with it, but one thing about it has been bugging me. Does anyone else that owns this series of notebook notice that the latch for the screen doesn't work very well and doesnt have a snappy action like that of most laptops? I notice that I have to close the screen using two hands otherwise the latch just won't slide over far enough to seat itself properly in the slots of the case and hold the lid closed. Even when I do use two hands the latch doesn't slide over the whole way, but enough to keep it sufficiently closed. I *think* this is do to the fact that the latch has a weak spring and that there is a flexible piece of metal in the one slot where the latch seats itself that tells the computer to go to sleep when the lid is closed applying pressure in the opposite direction when the latch is trying to close.
     
  2. jessi3k3

    jessi3k3 Notebook Evangelist

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    Kind of. I have the same laptop and sometimes I really have to PUSH it down in order for it to close all the way. It's not much of a problem anymore, I'm used to it. I know what your talking about with the "snappy action." My previous laptop had that so when switching to this one It was kind of wierd but like i said you'll get used to it. BTW, someone told me that this is typical bad Toshiba engineering.